The association between air pollution and the daily number of deaths: findings from the Slovak Republic contribution to the APHEA project.

Study Objective: To analyse the short term relation between daily air pollutant values and the daily number of deaths in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, during the study period 1987-91.

Design: This follows the APHEA protocol. The association between the daily number of total and cause specific deaths and daily variations in ambient air levels of sulphur dioxide (SO2) and total suspended particulates (TSP) were analysed using Poisson regression that allowed control for meterological data and variables that handle temporal and autoregressive patterns.

Incidence and prevalence of childhood diabetes in Slovakia (1985-1992). Slovak Childhood Diabetes Epidemiology Study Group.

Objective: To provide reliable data on the incidence and prevalence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in children in Slovakia.

Research Design And Methods: A total of 754 Slovak children with IDDM, aged 0-14 years, were identified during an 8-year study period. There were 369 boys and 385 girls from an average population of 1,363,499 children.

[Air pollution and the occurrence of recurrent respiratory tract diseases in children during the first years of life].

The authors investigate in a group of 211 children aged 2-6 years, incl. in particular a group of 33 2-year-old ones, in 1990 and checked in 1991 at two sites in Bratislava--a town with a varying concentration of NOX, SO2, dustiness and dust fallout--their influence on the incidence, type and course of relapsing respiratory disease. In both sites the concentrations of the mentioned noxious substances were beneath levels admitted by hygienists.